 | Francis Bacon - 1763 - 448 pages
...maintain memory and merit of the times fucceeding. Laftly, 'for this divulged and almoft prottituted title of knighthood, I could without charge, by your Honour's mean, be content to have-it, both becaufe of this late difgrace, and becaufe I have three new knights in my mefs in Gray's... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 618 pages
...kind of freehold, and it was a more solemn time. All those points agreed with my nature and judgment. My ambition now I shall only put upon my pen, whereby...times succeeding. Lastly, for this divulged and almost prostitHted title of knighthood, I could without charge, by your honour's mean, be content to have... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...address to noblemen. So, in a Letter written by Sir Francis Bacon to Robert, lord Cecil, July 3, 1603 : " Lastly, for this divulged and almost prostituted title...charge, by your honour's mean, be content to have it — .'.' Birch's Collection, p. 24. M ALONE. 3 — hopeful expectation.] Lord Southampton was but twenty... | |
 | 1830 - 542 pages
...business, on the accession of James I., when he was remaining in his solitude at Gray's Inn. He says, " My ambition now I shall only put upon my pen, whereby I shall be able to obtain memory and merit of the times succeeding." In a private letter that accompanied the public dedication... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 454 pages
...feed on their thoughts, and live amidst their reveries. In a letter on this occasion, he writes, ' My ambition now I shall only put upon MY PEN, whereby...maintain memory and merit, of THE TIMES SUCCEEDING.' And many years after when he had finally quitted public life, he told the king, ' I would live to study,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 406 pages
...feed on their thoughts, and live amidst their reveries. In a letter on this occasion, he writes, " My ambition now I shall only put upon my PEN, whereby...maintain memory and merit, of THE TIMES SUCCEEDING." And many years after when he had finally quitted public life, he told the king, " I would live to study,... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 392 pages
...kind of freehold, and it was a more solemn time. All those points agreed with my nature and judgment. My ambition now I shall only put upon my pen, whereby...maintain memory and merit of the times succeeding.'* But this was not his only ambition. In Bacon's breast there were two antagonist principles struggling... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1835 - 330 pages
...feed on their thoughts, and live amidst their reveries. In a letter on this occasion, he writes, ' My ambition now I shall only put upon my pen, whereby I shall be able to ma mm m memory and merit, of the times succeeding,1 Anil manr ream after when he had finally quitted... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1845 - 672 pages
...resolution to devote Bacon's himself for the rest of his days to philosophy, saying : — " My anxie'y ambition now I shall only put upon my pen, whereby I shall knighted, be able to maintain memory and merit of the times succeeding." f But in reality a ludicrous... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1847 - 548 pages
...that he had formed a resolution to devote himself for the rest of his days to philosophy, saying: — "My ambition now I shall only put upon my pen, whereby...maintain memory and merit of the^ times succeeding. "J But in reality a ludicrous anxiety had entered the mind of the great Bacon — that he might be... | |
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My ambition now I shall only put upon my pen, whereby I shall be able to maintain memory and merit of the times succeeding. 
